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Ministry of Labour & Employment
August 2023 witness huge surge in active vacancies on NCS
NCS portal registered 1 million + active vacancies on 28 th August, 2023
The National Career Service  Portal of the Ministry of Labour & Employment , Government of India has registered more than one million active vacancies on 28th August, 2023. These vacancies have been reported by various employers in the public sector as well as in private sector on the NCS portal which are still open for recruitment. The vacancies on NCS Portal are mobilized through direct reporting by the employers on the portal and API integration with various private job- portals.
Out of the one million active vacancies, about one third vacancies are notiﬁed for the selection of freshers, which would facilitate many young candidates to get employment opportunity just after their education. A signiﬁcant number of vacancies registered on NCS are related to the job roles of Technical Support Executives, Sales Executives, Data Entry Operators, Logistics Executives, Software Engineers, Maintenance Engineer etc.
The vacancies on NCS are spanning across diverse sectors indicating a boost in employment opportunities in the country across the sectors. 51% of the active vacancies have been reported in Finance & Insurance and 13% in Transport and Storage sector. Other sectors like Operations & Support, IT & Communication, Manufacturing etc. which altogether contributed approximately 12% of the vacancies, and have also registered surge in vacancies during June-August, 2023. The growth in employment opportunities may increase with the expected demand during the ensuing festival season taking the active vacancies in NCS portal to its new high.
Out of the total active vacancies, 38% of the vacancies were posted for the selection of candidates at all India basis whereas 18% vacancies for the requirement at multiple States. Remaining vacancies are for State specific requirement.
NCS has also achieved another milestone of registering more than 1.5 million employers in the NCS portal. A majority  of the employers are from the service activities, which is followed by the manufacturing sector .
NCS strives to provide a variety of career related like job search and matching, career counseling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses etc. to the job seekers and serving the employers in ﬁnding the right candidates with the required skill sets.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Report that Central Government likely to scrap Ministry of Minority Affairs is false and contrary to facts
There have been reports in some sections of the media alleging that Central Government is likely to scrap the Ministry of Minority Affairs. These reports are false and contrary to facts. The Ministry of Minority Affairs rebuts these reports.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister interacts with Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardees on International Women's Day
Says they are a source of inspiration to the whole country.
Prime Minister interacted with Nari Shakti Puraskar winners in the capital today. 15 Women achievers from various parts of the country including Leh, Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh shared their trials, struggles and how they achieved their goals with the Prime Minister.
The achievers includes 103 Year old Ms Mann Kaur, who started athletics at the age of 93 and went on to win 4 Gold Medals in Field and Track events at World Masters Athletic Championship, Poland.
Arifa Jan from Jammu & Kashmir who is the founder of Numdha Handicrafts is responsible for reviving the lost art of Numdha handicrafts. She shared her experience in training more than 100 women in Kashmir and reviving the dying handicraft.
Indian Air Force’s first women fighter pilots Mohana Singh, Bhawana Kanth & Avani Chaturvedi also shared their experiences. The trio was induced into IAF fighter squadron after Government of India decided to open fighter stream in IAF for women on experimental basis. They became the first Indian women pilots to take a solo flight in a MIG- 21 in 2018.
Padala Bhudevi a tribal woman farmer and rural entrepreneur from Andhra Pradesh, Bina Devi from Munger Bihar who is fondly known as ‘Mushroom Mahila’ for popularizing mushroom cultivation also shared their experiences in farming and marketing with the Prime Minister.
Kalavati Devi a lady mason from Kanpur district in Uttar Pradesh is a driving force towards reducing open defecation in the district. She is responsible for building 4000 + toilets in villages in and around Kanpur. She shared her experience with the Prime Minister on how she has gone door to door to create awareness about the ills of open defecation and how she travelled for multiple hours to villages across Kanpur in her effort towards reducing Open defecation.
Chami Murmu from Jharkhand, a passionate environmentalist who formed more than 2800 groups with over 30,000 women has shared her experience in planting over 25 lakh trees in barren land.
98 year old Kathyayani Amma from Kerala shared her experience how she passed the IV standard equivalent exam under Kerala Literacy Mission’s Akasharalaksham Scheme in August 2018. She bagged the first rank and scored 98% marks.
Addressing the gathering the Prime Minister said that the Nari Shakti Award winners have made great contribution in building the society and inspiring the nation.
He said the country could not have achieved the open defecation free status without significant contribution from women. Similarly he said malnutrition issue can also be resolved with greater women participation.
Prime minister also touched upon the issue of water conservation and highlighted that the Jal Jeevan Mission needs a greater participation of women.
He congratulated the achievers and said that they are a source of inspiration to the whole country.
Ministry of Railways
One Lakh Twenty Five Thousands Bio-Toilets Installed in Trains Coaches
Green Trains for Green India
Beginning with the introduction of 57 bio-toilets in one train i.e. Gwalior-Varanasi Bundelkhand Express in January 2011, Indian Railways has provided about 1,25,000 bio-toilets in its coaches till March 2018. This covers about 60% of coaching fleet of Indian Railways. During 2017-18, IR has installed highest ever bio-toilets in coaches which is 40% higher than the set target of 40,000 bio-toilets and 64% higher than the fitment of 34134 bio-toilets in 2016-17.
Presently, Indian Railways have commissioned and operating 27 sections as Green Corridors. All the trains plying on these sections are running with all the coaches equipped with bio-toilets. Thus, there is no direct discharge of human waste from the trains running on these Green Corridors.
“Bio-Toilet project” of Indian Railways is an innovative & indigenous development of technology. This technology is first of its kind being used by any railroad in the world for On-board accelerated digestion of human waste. These bio-toilets are fitted underneath the lavatories and the human waste discharged into them is acted upon by a colony of anaerobic bacteria that convert human waste mainly into water and small amount of bio-gases. The gases escape into atmosphere and waste water is discharged after chlorination onto the track. Human waste, thus, does not fall on the railway tracks thus improving cleanliness and hygiene at platforms, and facilitate track and coaches maintenance staff to perform their work more efficiently. The Bio-toilet project is very much aligned with ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
The technology for Bio-toilets has been innovated, designed and is ‘Made in India’. It has been developed jointly by Indian Railways’ Engineers & DRDO’s scientists. It is one example where the technology developed for defence applications has been utilised for civilian purpose. Adaption and large scale deployment of the technology has been facilitated by collaboration between DRDO, RDSO and the field units of Indian Railways.
As per estimation, approx. 4,000 MT of human waste is discharged from train coaches every day. With the proliferation of bio-toilets in 60% coaches commensurate human discharge in open, has been eliminated.
In addition to earnest efforts being put in by Indian Railways, the success of this important project largely depends on the co-operation of its valued customers/ passengers by not throwing any in-organic material like paper, bottles, paper/ plastic cups, polythene, napkins, nappies, cloth, ghutka pouches, cigarette/ bidi buds etc. in toilet pans/ bowls.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
HIL moves Indian Missions to attract JV investments in Agro-chemical projects in India taking forward advice of Shri Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Chemical & Fertilisers for utilising investment environment created by COVID-19
HIL  limited is showing good performance amid COVID-19 crisis
For smooth running of its PSUs, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has taken initiatives to overcome the hurdles posed by Covid-19 pandemic and has suggested them to strengthen their performance by exploring Joint Ventures with global enterprises looking for investments. Department has taken this initiative on the directions of Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri DV Sadananda Gowda who has advised that Indian corporates especially PSUs under his Ministry should try to convert COVID-19 adversity into an opportunity of attracting investments from abroad.
Following on the advice, HIL, a CPSU under the Department, is looking for expand ing its business area and has sent proposals to Indian Embassies/Missions in China, Japan and South Korea for inviting interested agro-chemical manufacturers in respective countries for investment in India for business tie-up with HIL including contract manufacturing or plan-on-lease arrangement.
On the recent performance side, despite facing lot of hurdles due to COVID crisis, HIL is ensuring supply of essential chemicals such as DDT in Health segments and Seeds & Pesticides in Agriculture segments in various parts of the country.
During nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, production has been affected in HIL’s Units, However company with has now shown a good sales performance during the last week ended on 24th April and sold 37.99 MTs of Agro-chemicals, despatched 97 MTs of DDT, executed an export order of 10 MTs of Mancozeb 80% WP to Peru. HIL has also drafted an agreement which has been shared with the Ministry of Agriculture for supply of Malathion Technical for Locust Control Programme.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Role of Anganwadi Workers in National Nutrition Mission
The annual targets set under POSHAN Abhiyaan beginning 2017-18 are as under:
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Prevent and reduce stunting in children 
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By 6% @ 2% p.a.
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Prevent and reduce under-nutrition  in children 
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By 6% @ 2% p.a.
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Reduce the prevalence of anemia among young Children
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By 9% @ 3% p.a.
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Reduce the prevalence of anemia among Women and Adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years.
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By 9% @ 3% p.a.
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Reduce Low Birth Weight .
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By 6% @ 2% p.a.
The achievements of 2017-18 get reflected in the surveys prescribed under the POSHAN Abhiyaan.
Aanganwadi Workers have been equipped with Smart Phones and Supervisors with Tablets to record the data for ICT-Real Time Monitoring to achieve the targets set under the POSHAN Abhiyaan. These functionaries have also been imparted training to use the above equipment.
ICT enabled Real Time Monitoring as part of the Common Application Software has presently been implemented across 6 States i.e. Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh covering 95,000 Anganwadi centres  across 54 districts. As on date, data of more than 84 lakh beneficiaries is captured and monitored as part of the software application. This is a continuing process so as to reach 14 lakh AWCS across the country.
This information was given by Union Minister for Women and Child Development, SmtManeka Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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Cabinet
Cabinet approves amendments/changes in The National Medical Commission Bill, 2019
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the amendments/changes in the National Medical Commission Bill, 2019. The original version of the Bill was approved by the Cabinet on 17th July, 2019 and was passed in both Houses of the Parliament on 29th July, 2019 and 1st August, 2019 respectively, with official amendments.
The following changes have been made in the National Medical Commission Bill, 2019 passed by the Parliament from the version that was approved by the Cabinet on 17th July 2019 and the Cabinet was apprised of these changes:
- Clause 4 –Twentytwo part-time Members instead of fourteen members;
- Clause 4 – ten members instead of six members
- Clause 4 – nine members instead of five members
- Clause 37 – added at the end “for the purposes of teaching also”.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
GST has special significance for States: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  for Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that GST has a special significance for Jammu & Kashmir and the eight States of the North-East Region. The same also applies to States like Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, he said.
Briefing the media in Nainital today, Dr Jitendra Singh said the GST promises to provide a level-playing field to all the States of the Indian Union. This equitable fair deal has been worked out to such an extent that several of the developed and manufacturing States will be contributing to the economy of the lesser developed or predominantly consumer States, he said.
During the process of GST rollout, Dr Jitendra Singh said, he realized that there were certain local products in Northeast which had apparently become taxable after GST implementation, though these were tax-free before GST rollout. However, he said, it was explained to the local household traders that earlier the price of these products also included certain embedded taxes on raw material, etc. which were not visible, but now the only difference was that GST was a visible tax, although the final cost of the product would almost be the same. A single decision of GST implementation has made a huge long-lasting impact of value addition to the self-esteem and participation of these States in the economic and social growth of India as a whole. He gave full credit to the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley for working out an amicable formula wherein the manufacturing States would be compensated from the Central share of funds and thus, would not have the chance to hold any grudge against non-manufacturing States being brought at par with them.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that GST is important in the global world of today, no single country or State can hope to operate in isolation and yet progress economically.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Doorstep Delivery of Seeds
The States are primarily responsible to ensure production, availability and distribution/ supply of quality seeds to the farmers through its Department of Agriculture, state farms, State Seeds Corporation, State Agricultural Universities , Cooperatives and Private Seed Companies etc. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments by providing breeder seeds for seed chain and coordinating seeds requirement and availability through the mechanism of Zonal Seeds Review Meetings prior to each sowing season and weekly video conferences.
As reported by States, 483.66 lakh qtls. of certified / quality seed is available against the requirement 443.16 lakh qtls. during current year 2020-21.
The steps taken/being taken for making available quality seeds to the farmers are as under:
- The Government of India is providing financial assistance for production and distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties  of different crops to the States and implementing agencies through various ongoing crop development programmes/ schemes viz. National Food Security Mission , Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India , Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana , Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material  etc.
- The states are encouraged by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare  to develop a Seed Rolling Plan in advance as per the estimated requirement of seeds in their state, so that the seeds of required variety could be made available at right time to the farmers. DAC&FW also ensures fixation of uniform breeder seeds price in consultation with Indian Council of Agricultural Research  for minimization of foundation and certified seed costs.
- Indian Institute of Seed Science, ICAR is also coordinating the production of quality seed in the country through the network of 63 cooperating centres under National Seed Project of ICAR. Single window system for effective planning and implementation of seed production programme and computerized seed sale outlets has been established to guarantee ease in accessibility of quality seeds to farmers at all centres.
In some states quality seed is being made available at every village within the reach of farmers and farmer is facilitated to purchase seed of choice from the desired outlets. Similarly, procurements centres at villages have been established to facilitate procurement by the marketing department. Moreover, some states have well established mandis and generally the seed dealers and other agri-input dealers also have shops in these mandis avoiding involvement of middlemen
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Department of Space
Successful flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle 
Today, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle  successfully launched three satellites into their intended orbits. In its second developmental flight, the SSLV-D2 vehicle placed EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 satellites into their intended 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 37 degrees. It took-off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 09:18 hours IST and took about 15 minutes to inject the satellites.
SSLV is the new small satellite launch vehicle developed by ISRO to cater the launch of small satellites up to 500 kg to Low Earth Orbits on ‘launch-on-demand’ basis. It is configured with three solid stages 87 t, 7.7 t and 4.5 t respectively. SSLV is a 34 m tall, 2 m diameter vehicle having a lift-off mass of 120 t. A liquid propulsion-based Velocity Trimming Module  achieves desired velocity for the insertion of the satellites into the intended orbit. SSLV is capable of launching Mini, Micro, or Nanosatellites  to a 500 km orbit. It provides low-cost access to Space, offers low turn-around time, facilitates flexibility in accommodating multiple satellites and demands minimal launch infrastructure.
In its first developmental flight on August 7, 2022, SSLV-D1 had marginally missed to place the satellites. SSLV-D2 implemented the recommendations made by the expert committee that analysed the shortcomings of SSLV-D1 flight.
SSLV-D2 carried EOS-07, a 153.6 kg Earth Observation Satellite realised by ISRO; Janus-1, a technology demonstration satellite weighing 10.2 kg belong ANTARIS, USA; and AzaadiSAT-2, an 8.8 kg satellite realised by Space Kidz India by integrating various scientific payloads developed by 750 girl students across India.
With today’s successful launch India has got a new launch vehicle which was aimed to commercialise the small satellite launches through Industry on demand basis. ISRO looks forward for catering to the increasing global need of launching smaller satellites into Space.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM salutes CRPF personnel, on its Valour Day today
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has saluted CRPF personnel, on its Valour Day today.
Prime Minister said, “The courage of CRPF is widely known. On CRPF Valour Day today, I salute this brave force and remember the bravery of our CRPF personnel in Gujarat’s Sardar Patel Post in 1965. The sacrifices of the brave martyrs will never be forgotten”.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘5.63% GS 2026’,  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bond 2033’,  ‘6.64% GS 2035’, and  ‘6.67% GS 2050’
The Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘5.63% Government Security, 2026’ for a notified amount of Rs 11,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2033’ for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method  ‘6.64% Government Security, 2035’ for a notified amount of Rs 10,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method, and  ‘6.67% Government Security, 2050’ for a notified amount of Rs 7,000 crore  through price based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs 8,000 crore against the above Security/Securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on Friday i.e. August 13, 2021.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the Securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on August 13, 2021. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on August 13, 2021  and payment by successful bidders will be on August 17, 2021 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
I&B Minister Lauds Bengal's Culture and Social Milieu & Speaks Highly of City's Legends
Kolkata; June 17, 2023
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur today hinted at the Centre's initiative to boost the entertainment sector of the country. In a function organised by a private sattellite channel titled TV9 Ghorer Award Presentation at the city today,
the Minister congratulated all cine artistes and celebrities of West Bengal for their rich contributions in the entertainment sector.
Shri Thakur, while speaking on the occasion, mentioned the names of the legends of Bengal starting from Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen Rittik Ghatak, Khawja Ahamd Abbas and also the recent directors, who came into limelight with their extra-ordinary creations.
Shri Thakur said, last year, the OTT turnover alone was Rs. 9800 crore, while there were 3000 contents, which indicates enthusiasm and the spree of creativity among the young creators.
Emphasising on the quality as well as content, the Minister said, in television, we have numerous challenges. But at the same time, focus should be given to the quality and content.
Mentioning 'Elephant Whispers' documentary which won the Oscar award, the Minister said, good and quality content can bring awards and make the State proud to be brilliant achievers.
Shri Thakur also mentioned about the Centre's initiatives to promote film and television contents for which a state- of- the- art institution is being set up which is supposed to boost the entertainment industry and help in bringing laurels from the foreign nations.
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